Solid 08 releases so far

Pharaoh - Be Gone
Royal Hunt - Collision Course
Rage - Carved In Stone
Brainstorm - Downburst
Benedictum - Seasons of Tragedy

This is my top 5 so far, but I have to listen to the new albums from:

Ayreon
Battleroar
Stormwarrior

...and I am still waiting for some promising albums that have not been released yet.
Glad someone besides me finally mentioned Benedictum. I love Seasons of Tragedy more and more every listen I give it.

I've heard and enjoyed most of the others on your list. Makes me want to check out Pharaoh's latest since I haven't heard that one yet.
 
Best album of 2008 thus far

WHITESNAKE-GOOD TO BE BAD :kickass:

and then....

AYREON-0101001
AVANTASIA-THE SCARECROW


now this will all probably change after June 6 :rock:
 
Glad someone besides me finally mentioned Benedictum. I love Seasons of Tragedy more and more every listen I give it.

I've heard and enjoyed most of the others on your list. Makes me want to check out Pharaoh's latest since I haven't heard that one yet.

I guess you didn't see my post on page 2 of this thread. "Beast in the Field" is one of my favorite songs of the year. Benedictum remind me A LOT of Strange Highways era Dio. Powerful stuff!
Oh....and the new Whitesnake does indeed kick major buttocks!
 
Best metal I've gotten so far in 2008:

Meshuggah — Obzen
Testament — The Formation of Damnation
Bloodbath — Unblessing the Purity EP
Draconian — Turning Season Within
Kingdom of Sorrow —*s/t
Sahg —*II
Sanctum —*On the Horizon
Virgin Black —*Requiem – Fortissimo
Cavalera Conspiracy — Inflikted

Best rock I've gotten so far in 2008:

Whitesnake — Good to be Bad
The Black Crowes —*Warpaint
Def Leppard —*Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
Ashes Divide — Keep Telling Myself It's Alright
Nine Inch Nails —*The Slip
Torche — Meanderthal

Getting the new Warrel Dane today as well.
 
I guess you didn't see my post on page 2 of this thread. "Beast in the Field" is one of my favorite songs of the year. Benedictum remind me A LOT of Strange Highways era Dio. Powerful stuff!
Oh....and the new Whitesnake does indeed kick major buttocks!
Sorry CBD. I did miss your post. I went back through to check for who might have mentioned them, but I must have just missed yours. Glad to hear that someone besides me, DemonOfTheWoods, and Orfanos liked this release.
 
the Cynic promo was kinda lame, but this year has average/good releases one after another but nothing amazing.

There are only two albums I've heard this year that I'd consider to be amazing: Opeth's Watershed and Humanoid's Remembering Universe. Ihsahn's new one is excellent, but I need to spin it a few more times to really get into it.

I also really enjoyed Decrepit Birth's new album, The Mars Volta's and Agalloch's new EP.

And I have extremely high expectations for the new Augury album:

 
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Well, let me see...

Orden Ogan - Vale
Gates of Winter - Lux Aeterna
Dominici - 03, A Trilogy, Part 3
Mind's Eye - 1994, The Afterglow
Ayreon - 0110101whatever
and a band I didn't hear until after New Years and thought was tremendous -
Nation Beyond - The Aftermath Legacy